Quiz 15Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 25-27 and Phrasebook Topic 17 with this 15 minute quiz.

Test 6Check what you have learned from Grammar Lessons 22-27 and Phrasebook Topic 17.

Грамматика Indicating
Having And Not Having Something. Genitive Case of Personal Pronouns

1.

Sentence structure "У меня есть машина": Genitive + Nominative

In English we express possession or availability by saying: I have a car.

In Russian to express possession or availability the sentence structure У меня
есть + Nominative case of what is possessed/available is used.
Russian У меня есть corresponds toEnglish I have. The
owner/possessor is in the Genitive case, so меня is the Genitive case
form of the personal pronoun я - I.

In order to say: I have, You have, He has..., etc. in Russian, the Genitive case
forms of personal pronouns need to be learned. Review the personal
pronouns in the Nominative and memorize their Genitive case forms:

Nominative: Кто? Что? ->
Genitive: У кого? У чего? (Кого? Чего?)

я

ты

он, она, оно

мы

вы

они

У меня есть машина.

У тебя есть машина.

У него/неё есть машина.

У нас есть машина.

У вас есть машина.

У них
есть машина.

I have a car.

You have a car.

He/she has a car.

We have a car.

You have a car.

They have a car.

Click each dialogue and sentence to listen, then read it aloud.

1.- У тебя есть машина?

- Да, у меня есть машина.

1.- Do you have a car?

- Yes, I have a car.

2.- У тебя есть брат?

- Да, у меня есть брат.

2.- Do you have a brother?

- Yes, I have a brother.

3. У него есть учебник.

3. He has the textbook.

4. У неё есть дочка.

4. She has a daughter.

5. У них есть дом.

5. They have a house.

When using a noun (brother, sister, friend) or a noun phrase (my oldest
brother, me sister, my Russian friend) in such construction, that noun or noun
phrase must be in the Genitive case. Examples:

6. У моего старшего брата есть машина.

6. My oldest brother has a car.

7. У моего русского друга есть собака.

7. My Russian friend has a dog.

8.- У твоей сестры есть дети?

- Да, у неё есть дочка.

8. - Does your sister have children?

- Yes, she has a daughter.

Notes

The preposition у is always followed by a noun, noun phrase or pronoun
in the Genitive case. When using a noun phrase after у make sure to put
all noun modifiers in the Genitive case. Compare: